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Of the 5,950 students enrolled in Oktibbeha County schools in 2019-2020, 57.5% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Oktibbeha County students.

This is a 0.5% decrease from the previous school year.

Starkville High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Oktibbeha County schools showed 57.5% students were Black or African American, 36.3% were White, 3% were Asian and 0.6% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are seven schools in Oktibbeha County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Armstrong Middle School	3.5	69.1	1.9	-	25.3
East Webster High School	-	13.4	-	-	84.2
Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary School	5	63.8	1.2	-	29.7
Overstreet Elementary School	-	71	-	-	25
Starkville High School	3	65.2	-	-	30.7
Sudduth Elementary School	4.8	62.2	-	-	31.6
West Elementary School	-	54.9	-	-	-

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.